Former Governor of Kano State and current National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Umar Abdullah Ganduje, has been ordered by a Kano state High Court to stop parading himself as the party chairman pending the determination of the substituted motion of his suspension.
Consequently, Ganduje was ordered to desist from presiding over the affairs of the National Working Committee, NWC, of the party.
The application granted by Justice Usman Malam Na’abba on Tuesday follows an exparte motion filed by Dr. Ibrahim Sa’ad on behalf of two executive members of Ganduje’S ward, Dawakin-Tofa Local Government Area; the assistant secretary, Laminu Sani; and legal adviser Haladu Gwanjo (plaintiffs), who were part of the nine ward executive who suspended him two days ago.
The court directed the four parties (respondents) joined in the matter, including the APC NWC, APC Kano State Working Committee (KSWC), and Ganduje, to henceforth, maintain status quo ante belum as of April15l, 2024, pending the hearing and determination of the substantive suit on April 30, 2024.
Justice Na’abba also held as prayed that the State Working Committee must not interfere with the legally and validly considered decisions ofthe executivess of Ganduje ward, essentially on action endorsed by a third majority of the executives as provided by the party constitution.
”An order is hereby granted directing all parties in the suit APC (1st), APC National Working Committee (2nd), Kano State Working Committee APC (3rd), and Dr. Abdullah Umar Ganduje (4th), to maintain status quo ante belum as of April15l, 2024.
”The order thereby restraining the 1st respondent (APC) from recognizing the 4th respondent (Ganduje) as a member of APC and prohibiting the 4th respondent (Ganduje) from presiding over any affairs of the NWC and restraining the state Working Committee from interfering with the legally and validlmade decisionson of the ward executives of Ganduje ward.
“That the 4th respondent (Ganduje) is prohibited from parading himself as a member of APC or doing any act that may portray him or seem to be a member of APC pending the hearing and determination of the substantive suit.”
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